Vote-registering machine.



D. L. NEWGOMB.

VOTE RBGISTERING MACHINE. APPI'AOATION FILED MAY 14, 1902. 947,840, Peteneea Feb.1,191o.

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D. L. NEWCOMB.

VOTE REGISTERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1902.

947,840. Patented Feb. 1,1910.

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VOTE RBeIsT-ERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1902.

Patented Feb. 1910.

D. L. NEWGOMB..

VOTE REGISTERING MACHINE. I

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1902.

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DAVID'L. NEWCOMB', 0F SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

VOTE-REGISTERING MACHINE.

To all whom 'it may concern.'l

Be it known that I, DAVID L. NEWGOMB, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented a new and useful Vote-Registering Machine, of Which the following is a specification. y

rlhisinvention relates to a voting-machine designed to carry out in a superior manner the invention set forth in my application for patent on voting-machines tiled in the United States Patent Otiice, July 31, 1899, Serial No. 725,723, allowed May 25, 1900, and renewed April 14,' 1902, 102,910, and which votingmachine .comprises independent and detached means in the nature of a mechanical ballot constructed to be arranged by the voter to indicate the vote he desires to Cast, and means constructed to be operated thereby to register the vote so indicated, Wherebyeach voter may be furnished at the polls vvith an independent detached ballothe can privately tix to indicate his vote while other voters are arranging like ballots vvith Which they have been furnished, and when any voter has so fixed his ballot the same can be applied to the-reg istering-mechanism to register the vote; the principle ofsaid new voting-machine being that the ballot is a mechanical means, which is independent of and detached from the registering means, so that the 'preparation of any ballot does not interfere with the casting 'of any other ballot.

The means which the voter is to arrangel Abe. detached parts, as pins, for instance,

which may be`adjusted on the member to indicate the vote; the machine being furnished with devices for displacing said means after the vote has been cast. I may use the term tappet for convenience to designate any of specification of Letters Patent.

` Application led May 14,

Serial No.'

Patented Feb., 1, 1910. 1902. Serial No. 107,359.

said vote indicating and counter actuating means.

An object of this invention is to produce a vote-registering machine ot minimum size compared with the number of candidates for which the vote is to be taken, and designed to accommodate a ballot for a large number of candidates Within as smallv a space as possible.

Considered in a general way, this machine comprises a registering-mechanisin, or counter, a ballot-member furnished with a tappet-seat, a tappet. :tor said seat tor oper-- ating` the registering-mechanism; means for producing a relative movement between the ballot member and the registering-mechanism to cause said mechanism to be operated by the tappeti; and means for displacing the tappet from its operative position. Preferably such means consists in means .'tor lejecting the tappet from its ballot-member.

In practice, the machine will be furnished with any desired number of registering mechanisms. Any desired number of ball lot-members and tappets will be furnished With each machine.

The invention may be applied -in various ways. For'example, the ballotanember may be stationed in the machine With the tappets in place, and the registering-meclianisms may be moved to cause them to be operated by the tappets and may then be Withdrawn and the tappet-ejecting mechanism or other tappet-moving mechanism may be moved to eject the tappets or otherwise move them out of operative position. Or, if preferred, the 'registering mechanisms may be stationed and the ballotmember moved to cause the registering-mechanisms to be operated by the tappets and also to cause the ta'ppets to be displaced from operative position or eject ed from the ballot-member. This latter arrangement is preferred and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.' In this form a plurality of registeringmechanisms are arranged in a single plane; a slidevvay is arranged extending at right angles to said plane; ay ballot-member seat or carrier is arranged toV slide in said slideway toward and from the registering-mechanisms; a Hat ballot-member is furnished to seat in said car rier; and tappets are providedv for said ballot-member to be carried thereby to actuate the register-mechanisms respectively. Means are also provided for preventing any tam-` Kvmade whereby after each revolution, the

mechanism becomes locked and can only be unlocked by the withdrawal and insertion of the ballot-member. Provision is also made whereby the register operating means are released for action only awhile the ballot-member is within the machine and in position where it can not be tampered with.

Another object of this invention is to provide simple and effective means whereby the machine can be locked by a plurality of ersons each of whom is provided with a di er- -ent key and the machine can only be unlocked by the use of all keys which have been employed for locking the same so that the representatives of any two or more parties may each be assured against any tampering with the machine in his absence on the way to or from the polling place. This is accomplished by means of a plurality cf key operated bolts arranged in tandem which can be successively locked in position each to hold the preceding bolt from operation.

A further object is to provide means whereby the voter may arrange the ballot for registering a straight arty ticket or atv will may arrange the ba lot for voting a split ticket, provision being made whereby when the ballot is arranged for voting a straight party ticket',' no vote can be cast except for one party, or vice versa. y

A further object is to provide means for preventing thawithdrawal ofy the ballotmember until the rtappets have been displaced from their voting position.-

, Another object of the invention is to provide against any unauthorizedv inspection of the ballot.

Another object is to provide a retractor for the counter operating mechanisms and to ositively retract said retractor and lock it in its retracted position at all times, eXce ting when the ballot-carrier is nearly or fu ly in osition for causing the tappets of the bal ot to operate said mechanisms.

In View of the broad novelty of this machine and the many obvious forms of construction which may be employed as equivalents for various parts and combinationsfor applying the principle thereof, I propose in the accompanying escription to point out the best mode in which I have contemplated applying the principle and to state my speciic and distinct claims in as broad terms as I am capable of using. I regard myself as a pioneer in .producing a voting-machine having a detached mechanical ballot. I believe this machine to be broadly new as a tion. lare broken vfor clearness of illustration. v The .door of the case 1s shown open to expose the whole and in every part and combination, except as to any part or combination of parts thereof which areinvolved in my former invention above referred to, and which part or combination may notv be. claimed herein because of said other application.

A vfurther object is to avoid any occasion for contesting an election, and to so construct the mechanical ballot member that its movable parts will automatically assume a conventional position when the tappets are displaced after voting and before said member canA be inspected.

No attempt will be made herein Vto illustrate the various forms in which my invent-ioncan be carried out.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invent-ion in the preferred form.

Figure I is a perspective view of a vote registering machine embodying my inven- Portions of the case and interior parts indicators of the count-ing registers which are concealed during the voting. A ballot is shown in the machine ready for being moved to register the vote. Fig. II is a view of a ballot-member ready for actuating the counters .for voting a mixed ticket. Fig. III is a view of the tappet shield for hiding the face of .the ballot-member to maintain Secrecy while said member is being carried from the booth and Ainserted into .the

vcase of the machine. Fig. IV is a plan view of the machine. In this view the top portion of the case is omitted to expose the interior; the ballot-member is shown inserted ready for operationa portion ofthe machine is broken away to expose a register or counter and the means for operating the same; and the tandem lock is shown unlocked. Fig. V is a fragmental rear elevation of the machine, a portion of the case being broken away to expose the means for locking the carrier frame. Fig. VI is a sectional detail of the tandem lock. Fig. VII is a fragmental detail of the outside of the case just rearward of the tandem lock. Fig. VIII is an elevation of the mechanism of the machine viewed from the left of Fig.' I; portions being broken away to expose parts which would otherwise be hidden. A ballot is shown inserted and moved forward into position vfor actuating the registers. Fig. IX is an elevation from the same side as Fig. VIII showing the position of parts when a ballot-member is fully retracted and the retractor for the counter actuating mechanisms is retracted and locked. Some of the parts omitted from Fig. VIII are shown in this view. Fig. X is a detail illustrating the voted-ballot lock with the voted-ballot almost fully retracted and in position for being emptied by a f/rther retraction which candidates and offices.

4the empty -ballotmember lock with the empty-ballot-member in place just after the tappets have been displaced. Fig. XII is a f raginental plan of the' ein pty-ballot-membcr lock. shown in Fig. XI. Dotted lines show the ballot passing'the catch. Fig. XIII is a fragmcntal detail illustrating the emptycarrier lock tor locking the empty carrier against movement toward the registering mechanism. Fig. XIV is a tragmental de- .tail showing a ballot in position for operating the counters. One tappet is shown in place and a counter actuated thereby; and another counter is shown in trent of a tappet-seat in which no tappet has been placed. In Figs. VIII to XIV arrows on certain parts respectively indicate the next. movement of such parts. Fig. XV is a detail of a ballot-member from which the individual closers are omitted to avoid confusion in the view. A portion is broken to show the straight and split ticket closer which is adjusted to allow voting for a straight ticket. and to prevent any vote for an individual candidate. Fig. XVI is a view of a` ballotmember, a portion being broken away to eX- pose interior construction. lhestraightand split ticket-closer is adjusted torallow voting t'or the candidates individually. Fig. XVII is an enlarged detail of a ballot partly prepared by the voter for voting a split or vmixed ticket. and showing the preferred form ot' individual closers. XVIII illustrates a ballot for a larger number of The closers are omit.- ted from the view. Figs. XIX and XX are perspective views of individual closers shown in Fig. XVI. Fig, XXI is a perspective' View ot' the preferred individual closers. Fig. XXII is a tragmental sectional detail of the ballot shown in Fig. XVII. Line XXII, Fig. XVII, shows the line'of View, looking in the ,direction of the'arrow. Fig.

XXIIIis a view of the Ageneral closer shown in Fig. XVII.

r1 designates independent registering-msdn anisms furnished respectively with operati# ing-devices a having headsaz.

A7) designates a ballot-member furnished with tappet-seats c. al designates tappets for said tappetseats The tappets may be variously constructed. In the preferred form the tappets d are formed in a shouldered pin and the tappetseats c are preferably formed by gerforations through the ballot-member b hemeans for causing the tappets car ried by the ballot-member to operatively engage vtheir respective mechanism-operating devices preferably consist in a ballot-member seat or carrier e lwhich slides in a slidevvay or guide 2O in the frame 30 of the machine.

f designates a removable case to tit over the. frame. Said case f is in the form of a box open at the bottom and Furnished with a door 12 at the front and also furnished vwith a slot f" in the top through which the ballot is to be inserted into the frame.

13 designates seal-seats through which screws 14 are passed to fasten the case to the frame. ,15 designates sealing-Wax in said seal-seats over the heads of the screws 14 to insure against the vsurreptitious removal of the case from the frame after the machine has been sent from the general custodian.

Preferably the case and the bottom of the `trame will be formed of sheet metal pressed into the desired shape and when the screws 14: are removed the case can be Withdrawn from the frame and again placed thereon at pleasure.

The wall of the slot f may be notched, as shown at 16, in Fig. I, to allow the insertion of the ballot through a minimum opening, with the tappets d in operative position, while the face of the ballot is covered -by a uted shield 0.

The. register-mechanism operating-devices a normally stand in a plane which extends parallel With the slot and at right angles ,to the path of the ballot-member.

g designates tappet-displacers consisting in pins in alinementwith theperforations or tappet-seats c in the ballot-member when said ballot-member is seated in the ballotseat or carrier. v'These tappet-displacers are on the opposite side of the slot from the registering mechanism operating devices, so that when the carrier has been moved forward. to cause the tappets to operate thel reg isteringmechanism o erating-devices and then is retracted, the said ballot-member may be carried back across beneath the slot f and will then be brought to receive in the tappetseats c the tappet-displacers g, thereby ejecting the tappets from said seats.

The ballotmember, while between the sloty andthe registering-mechanism o erating-de- Vices, forms a protecting-shield or such devices; but when the ballot-member and its carrier have been retracted behind theslot f for the purpose of displacingthe tappets, the passage is open from the slot tothe inner ends of the re istering-mechanism operatingldeviees; an such passage is also open when the ballot-member carrier is in its no1'- ymal position and the ballot-member Withdrawn. y

In order to prevent. any tamperino with the registering-mechanism operatingevices at any time when sdch devices are not protected b the ballot-member and its carrier, the mac line is furnished with a retractor and lock for the registering-mechanism operating'- devices. rlhis retractor and lock comprises a sheet, plate or frame h which forms the retractor and registering-median ism operating-device-lock proper, and means adapted and arranged for .retracting the member h and normally holding it retracted and locked. Such means may consists in levers h each pivoted by a pivot h2 to the frame 30 and operatively connected with the ballot carrier e to be moved thereby to retractv the member k when the carrier moves backward, and to release the member 7L at the latter portion of the forward movement of the carrier. The means shown for connecting` the levers z. with the ballot carrier e consists in studs ha on said carrier each working in a bent slot in its lever. Each slot has aportion It* that extends parallel with the paths of the studs h3 when the lever is in the retracting position, shown in Fig. IX, and a portion L which is parallel with said path when the lever is in its unlocked position, shown in Fig. VIII, and an oblique portion la connecting the portions h4 and [15, so that while the ballot carrier e is retracted from the member Z the levers It are locked in the retracting position, and when the ballot carrier e moves forward the stud 71.3 enters the oblique portion h6, and acts on the oblique walls thereof, thereby moving the lever out of the way of the member h and allowing said member to yield to the pressure of the tappets (Z on the heads a2 of the operating-devices a. This retractor and lock prevents the registering-mechanisms from being operated except when a ballotmember with a tappet or tappets thereon is properly operated in the usual way for registering a vote. Another purpose of the retractor and lock is to positively return all of the registering mechanisms to normal position after a vote has been registered and be,-

forethe ballot-member has been withdrawn from the machine and before the ballotmember is sufficiently Iretracted to allow any tampering with the registering-mechanism operating-devices through the. slot f.

Each of the pins or rods a which compose the registering mechanism operating devices, extends through the retractor h and is furnished on its inner end with the shoulder, projection or head a2 which serves the triple purpose of receiving the thrust of the tappet (l and of pushing forward the retractor proper L when the vote is being recorded, and of being returned by the retractor.

The portions h* and h5 of the slot, as Shown, radiate from the pivot. h2,- and the stud h3 is in a horizontal plane with said pivot so that the ballot carrier may be moved a distance at each end of its path without moving the levers. The intermediate portion h is at an angle to the radii in which the terminal portions h4 and h5 lie, and said terminal and intermediate portions may be proportioned and arranged to cause the lever to move at the exact desired period of the movement of the ballot carrier. The levers may be moved from one to the other position by a half inch movement, more or less of the carrier, and at the same instant the tappets may be acting on the cunter operating devices a so that the entire movement of the carrier necessary for actuating the counters might occur while the stud is in the intermediate portion h6; and the terminal 11.5 may be enlarged to allow headed studs h3 to pass therethrough in applying the levers to or removing them from the carrier. The said enlarged ends are desirably beyond the path along which the studs move in operating the machine, so that the levers can only be connected with and disconnected from the carrier while detached from the frame of the machine.

To avoid any binding of the retractor, a plurality of levers 'h' are employed, the same being reversely constructed and arranged, as shown, to act simultaneously upon the upper and lower portions of the retractor at both sides of the machine. The levers may be formed of stamped sheet metal or any other suitable material.

71.7 designates projections from the levers extending in front of the retractor h so that when the other ends of the levers are moved to bring theportions h4 of the slots toward each other, the retractor h is forced back ward by said projections 7N.

The retractor 7L is desirably formed of pressed sheet metal and has a stilfening-rim /LB and is furnished with holes 7L" through which the actuating stems a and the springs z'for retaining the same, pass; thus allowing the retractor to play freely without moving any springs or pins which are not actuated by the tappets.

Each of the counter-operating devices a is adapted and arranged to carry the retractor toward the registering-mechanisms when said device is moved to operate its mechanism; and is also adapted and arranged by meansof the head a2 to be retracted whenever the retractor is retracted.

z designates springs for the 'operatingdevices a, respectively, which tend to normally hold said operating-devices a retracted. These springs are preferably spiral springs seated in a member 3Q of the frame and arranged surrounding the stems or rods a and pressing against the heads a2, respectively.

y' designates a part of the counter a to which the device a is attached.

It is to be understood that any form of ballot-member. seat or carrier may be furnished and that any suitable mechanism for reciprocating said carrier may be supplied;

but I prefer to operate the ballot-seat or carrier by means of'a .cam-shaft turned by a crank.

if designates the cam-shaft, yv thercams on the saunuw the crank for turning the shaft u.

.r isa spring-stop to. stop the crank at the aplnropriate place to cause the ballot-member seat or carrier to register with the slot f through which the ballot-member is to be introduced into the carrier.

lz/ is a ratchet to prevent the cam-shaft u trom turning in more than one direction.

is an eccentric-strap, cam-frame or runway connected with the ballot-member seat or carrier c and sliding in a horizontal slide way Q0 desirably formed of rods. The carntrame e ma y be a plate with an open slot for the cam u and arranged to be moved by said cam, thereby to move the ballot-carrier to and tro.

designates a drawer to receive the tappetsat'ter they 'have beenejected from the ballot-member.

/fis an upward extension forming a guide at the edges oit the opening f to guide the ballot. into the carrier.

at is an external flap controlled by a spring a to rest ontop of the'guide and to close the opening when the shield 0 setforth and claimed in my said former application is withdrawn from the inserted ballot. The spring n may be fastened to the iiap and arranged to engage the top of the case when the flap is raised to admit the ballot and shield.

The ballot-receiving slot f is preferably in the top of the case, and in practice the voter will be given a ballot-member b with a, suitable number ot' tappets, and allowed to enter a booth, not shown, where'he may tix his ballot in secret.

The,ballotanember may be furnished with the naines of the dierent candidates ar ranged respectively at the tappet-seats; or the candidates and items to bevoted for may be designated by words 4 or numbers 5. This may be accomplished by furnishing for the ballot-members a paper ticket 6 printed to correspond. with the tappet-seats; marks Ll and 5 being applied to indicate the names,l and otlices ol the candidates, which are al-Z lotted. tor said tappet-seats, respectively. A like ticket, 6l, may be printed for the tace I of the register and fastened toa :tace-plate S which is furnished with slots 9 to expose thefreadings of the registers 0,. The tacepaie S or ticket G1 may be marked with tiuin'igiers T to correspond with the marks for candidates and other items on the ballot, and arranged to correspond with the positionsl which the same will occupy on the bal lot nnen it is inthe ballotscat.

The tacc-plate 8 is detachable and may be removed trom the machine for access to the registers when they are to be turned to zero or when a ticket is to be fastened to the tace-plate; and the ticket may be slotted in any/suitable manner tocorrespond to the slots of the face-plate. lWhen the registers are at zero, and the tickethas been applied to the tace-plate, and the same is placed in printed ballots may also be provided or each booth. The voter will be vallowed to take a ballot-member and a shield o and will retire to a privatevbooth which will be supplied with a suitable number of tappets. He will then insert tappets to indicate the candidates for whom he Wishes to vote. Then he will place the shield over the face of the ballot, thus covering the tappets and pre serving his ballot in secrecy. He will then hand the ballot to the election officer, who, having brought crank w against the stop will litt the flap m to uncover the ballotslot and will then insert the ballot-member with the shield thereon through the ballotslot, and into the ballot-seat or carrier. He

will then withdraw the shield and allow the flap m to again close the slot. The appropriate person will then. press in the stop operate the machine to cause the registeringmechanisms toibe actuated by the tappets, and will further operate the machine to displace the tappets. The tappets ejected from the ballot-member will fall into the drawer, and by a further movement of the crank, the ballot-member will be brought beneath the slot and will then be Withdrawn from the slot.

35 tdesignates a handle on the ballot by which it can be withdrawn.

To operate the machine which I have shown in the drawings, the crank w will be turned in the direction of the arrow in Fig. VIII, thus vturning the cam gv to move the eccentric strap or cam-frame a and the balflot-carrier e, thus bringing the tappets d `into contact with the head o2 of the registeroperating devices a. The operating-device or devices a thus actuated, will finove forward and will carry the retraetpkrJ hpforward' until the registering-mechanisii has been movedforward one tigure. Atl'the advance of the carrier, the. studs /LZ will1A act on the leversat the portions 71, of the sldts, thus unlocking the' retractor and allowing ittI to move forward. The cam is so arranged that as the crank is further rotated, thegcarrier e will move the ballot back across beneath the slot 4)far enough to bring the tappptsggg iso ' descends,

against the ejectors g, and farther until the ejectors extend through the ballot-member suiiiciently to eject the tappets. A further movement ofthe crank willreturn the carrier into position beneath the ballot-slot. The catch or stop is arranged to intercept the crank at this point and prevent it from further rotation.

One revolution of the crank accomplishes the work of registering the vote for all of the candidates for whom the voter has arranged his ballot. After the vote is registered andthe ballot-member has been removed, the machine is immediately ready for another vote. After the neXt ballotmember has been placed in the machine, the catch will be sprung out of the way of the crank and another revolution of the crank will be given, and so on as the voting proceeds.

a3 designates a total-vote registeringmech anism actuating-device fixed to the retractor h to actuate the total register a4 at each reciprocation of the retractor h.

The retractor will only move forward when the tappet is applied to cast a vote for some candidate or item on the ballot and an additional counter a5, adapted and arranged to be actuated at each revolution of the machine, may be applied to some suitable portion of the apparatus to register the total' number of revolutions which the machine makes during the recording of the total vote, so that this last-mentioned counter may record the total number of persons voting, while the counter a3 will simply record the number of actual votes which have been cast. In this way it is immaterial whether the voter casts a vote or simply puts-in a blank ballot; as the machine will ultimately show the total number of aersons voting, and also the total vote; and il the total vote recorded is less than the number of voters who voted, the discrepancy between the total vote, and the number of voters will be accounted'for as blank ballots, thus accounting `for all voters and avoiding occasion for contesting an election.

In order that the machine shall be operated only for the purpose of recording a vote regardless of whethoa1 the ballot voted is a blank ballot or not, the machine is provided with ballot-disengaged means for normally holding the ballot-carrier retracted. The mechanical ballot is adapted and arranged to enter said carrier and to release said means when the ballot is seated in the carrier. Such means may consist in a gravityoperated latch el() pivotedby a pivot- 41 to the carrier e and furnished with an arm 42 which extends downward asla'nt into the ballot-way 43 to be acted on by the ballot'asit and to be forced out of said way by said ballot, thus lifting the latch 40 from the catch 44 therefor on the frame, so that thel latch 4l() remains' released so 10nd as the ballot remains in the carrier. en the ballot is removed, the latch 40 holds the carrier in a. determined position to receive another ballot. The carrier and frame are thus locked together at all times when the ballotv is not in the carrier. y

45 is, an opening in the carrier e through which the arm 42 projects into the way 43. 46 is another arm which-rests against the back of the carrier e to hold the latch et() in position to engage the catch t4 on the ret-urn of the carrier after the ballot has been moved toward the votiu '-mechanisms.

In order that t e ballot may not be moved forward while it is in the carrier and after it has been A retracted behind the opening f" through which it enters the case and the carrier, l provide an automatic catch adapted and arranged to catch the-ballot member when retracted and to be released only by the withdrawal of the ballot; and means are provided for yieldingly holdin said catch normally out of the way throng which the ballot is inserted into the carrier. This feature is illustrated in Figs. X, XH, in which 50 is a catch-carrier mounted to move on the frame toward and from the ballot-carrier 51 and 52, respectively, designate studs and slots for the same by which the catch-carrier 50 is mounted on the frame. 53 is the ballotcatch, and 54 a` projection in the form of ledge along the edge ofthe ballot-member b, the same serving the v--double purpose of seating in the runway l?) of the ballot-carrier to hold the ballot in said carrier, and of serving to receive the catch 53. Any suitable ymeans may be` provided to normally hold the catch-carrier 50 retracted. 55 designates gravity-operated means in the form of a. wei hted lever pivoted to the frame at 56 an furnishedwith an arm 57, acting on a shoulder 5S on the catch-carrier 50, to normally hold said catch-carrier retracted to hold the ballot-carrier e. 59 is a slot in the frame 8() through which the'catch 53 may be sprung outward to allow the rojection 54; to pass backward to be caught y the catch when the ballot is retracted back 'of the slot f. constitutes means for engaging the catch when it is in its forward position shown in Fig. XU and thus preventing the catch from being released from the projection 5l otl tht` ballotfmember b, but allowing the ballotmeiiiber to be drawn up through the opening f When the ballot is so witlnlrawu` the catch 53 will be released and the weight 55 will return the carrier 50 and the catch 53 backward so thatl the catch will be out of the way of the next ballot which may be inserted into the machine. c is a notch in the ballot-carrier through which the catch 53 passes to en age the ballot. Preferably a lXl and llt) The frame 30 ballot-member ook of the character just de- 13o scribed is provided for each side of the machine to simultaneously hold both edges of the ballot member.

' between the notched wall of the slot f and the counter-,so The same is adapted to normally hang by gravity, as shown in Fig. XI, in the path of the ballot and its carrier, so that when the carrier is moved forward.l the flap 6() swings forward with it and allows the carrier to pass entirely beyond it as shown in Fig. XIV, whereupon the flap ,20 vlhangs by gravity ready to allow the carrier to'move backward again into the position shown in Fig. X, wherein the tiap rests on the top of the ballot and will not be released therefrom until thc displacers g have entered the holes or seats a in the ballot-mein- .ber thus insuring against any removal of the ballot until a return movement of the carrier towardthe front, The empty ballot,

lock is arranged toengage the projection 54 of the ballot-member before said member has passed the flap G0, so that when the flap has been released to hang in position shown iu Figs. XI and XIV, the ballot cannot be vreturned to t-he counters, but must be drawn out through the opening f before the ma chine can make another revolution.

The iap (i0 practically prevents any inspection of the ballot until the tappets have been ejected.` But it is tobeundcrstood that during all this loperation the external Hap m will be in `closed position so that no inspection of the opening f can. be had with out the connivance or consent of those present.

In order to provide cheap and simple means for preventing any unauthorized operation-of the machine., I provide a lock which I- terni a tandem lock, comprising a vco als

plurality of Separate and independent' bolts, as 70, 71, 72, one of which is arranged to lock a part 73 which prevents any operation of the machine. 'The several bolts are to be operated by different keys,'not shown,

as indicatedby the diiierent shaped keyholes, 74, 7 5, 76, in Fig. VII. Separate bolts and keys maybe provided for the representatives of the severalpolitical parties entitled to recognition, so that a representative. ot one party provided with one key will throw the bolt a. person with another kev vwill throw the bolt 71; andv another one will In the form shown the partA 73 is a. leverv pivoted at 77 to a bar 78 which is fastened to the frame of the machine. 79 is a part moving on' the frame to intercept the camtrame to prevent the operation of the ma chine. Said part 79 is actuated by the lever 73 through the medium of a lever 80, as clearly shown in Fig. V. A part 7 9 is preferably provided for each side of the machine.

The ballot.-1ne,inber may be constructed of aluminum, or lother suitable material, and is provided with tappet-seats c arranged in rows 90 and 91 which cross each other; the rows 90, which run in one direction, being devoted to the character of vote to be voted, as .Repulolican Democrat, No, Yes., etc., and the rows 91, which run in the other direction, being devoted to the individual candidates or items to be voted for.

92 designates ways which extend along the rows 91, and 93 designates adjustable individual closers which run along said ways and being sutiicient in number toclose all of the seats therealong except the seat or seats the voter is entitled to use in casting his vote. Each of the closers 98 is adaptedto close any seat in the row to which it pertains.

94 designates closers for the rows 90 devoted to the character of votes to be voted.

`These closers are all connected in a single piece'and are roperated by a` handle 95 and are adapted to be simultaneously moved into one position to close allot' the seats except'- ing those in one of the rows 91, whichseats are devoted to straight party votes, and to be simultaneously moved into another posi! tion to close the seats of, said one row and to withdraw from all the other seats.

The method of preparing a ballot -for -a straight party vote is as follows :-The voter will move the, handle 95 to the. outermost arrow 96, shown in Fig. XVII, which stands `opposite the word Straight, thus indi- -seats closed excepting that under the words Republican Straight; then he would 1nsert the tappet into the. seat under'the words Republican Straight and his ballot would then beready to receive the shield 0 and to be taken to the election officers to be voted. Then the handle 95 is at the dotted position in Fig` XVII, the closers 94 being all in one leo piece, will close all of the seats under the several party heads excepting those in the top row. 9T designates holes. in the piece which constitutes the closers 94: to register with the seats c of the individual votes when the handle 95 is in the position 'shown in solid lines in Fig. XVII to indicate. a split ticket; vand when the closers 94 are in this position the seats for the individual can didates or items will not be closed thereby, and the seatsor the straight ticket will be closed thereby.

To vote a'split ticket, or to vote for the individual candidates, the .voter will move the handle 95 into the position shown in Fig. XVII, and then by moving the appropriate closers 93, he can uncover' the seats for the individual candidates, and may insert the tappet or tappets as desired to fix the ballot for the desired vote for individual candidates, measures, or other items, though the seats of the upper row cannot be used for any tappet, because said seats are closed by' the closer 94. 98 designates a crossway communicating between a plurality of the ways 92, and along which ways and cresswav, closers may be slipped in order to provide for voting for aldermen, or for any other set of oicers in which two or more candidates in any one party may be entitled to be elected. That is to say, in the ballot shown, provision is made for voting for any four out of sixteen aldermen; four aldermen being provided for in each party. By appropriately moving the individual closers 93, the desired seats may beleft open for voting and a vote may be castor any four candidates outof the total sixteen. y

99 designates the main body of the ticket. The closers may be of various forms. In

Figs. XIX, XX, XXI, XXII and XXIII,

some of the forms which may be used are shown. In Figs. XXI and XXII, the closer is provided with a T shaped head 100, to play in a T shaped slot 101. 102 designates supports for th'eportions 103 of the ticket which form the guides for the individual closers 93.

Theindividual elosers'93 may each be slightly longer than the space between the individual seats o so that the joint between any two of the individual closers will not eoincide with any of the individual seats which are notJ to be used.

At the right of Fig. XVII are shown two columns for positive and negative votes on constitutional amendments and other initiative and referendum voting. 105 designates stops which separate between the Yes and No columns and the columns devoted to the party ticket, and an individual closer is applied for closing either the Yes or the No seat in voting for any question which may be submitted to popular vote for decision. The general c1oser'94 in such case 'in the cross slot or way 98 which communicates between the ways 92 at the lower part of Fig. XVII.

The printing on the yballot member is arranged so that the runways 92 extend horizontally across the ticket while the ballot is being fixed; but the handle 35 for withdrawing said ballot from the case f is at one side of the ticket so that when the ballot is held ed` ewise with said handle at the uppermost e ge, the.runways will extend Vertically. The individual closers 93 and .the general clos-ers 94 run freely in their respective runways so that when unsupported b a tappet or other means theywill slide own to assume a conventional position so that after the ballot has been inserted into the machine andthe vote registered and the tappets displaced, all of the closers will assume the conventional position. This is true of the closers for the straight tickets as well as those for the individual candidates and items, se that before the ballot members can be withdrawn from the machine, all of the individual, closers will be in conventional position uniformly assumed in every ballot member when withdrawn from the machine, so that the ballot member thus withdrawn will not indicate the vote which the candidate has cast. For this reason the split ticket position pf the general ballot closer 9st is below the straight ticket position when the ballot member' is in the voting position; that is to say, when the edge which is at the right in Fig. XVII is at the top as suggested in Fig. II.

110 designates stops at the ends of the ways 93 to retain the individual closers in said ways.

111 designates fastening devices at the top and bottom of the ballot member to hold the shield in place 'while the same is being inserted into the carrier. Any suitable form of means may be employed for this purpose. The means shown is a slideway into which flanges 112 on the shield slip.

It may be found desirable in some in stances to provide at each polling place a number of machines to be voted at, succes- IIO v'that when the closer 94 is brought-into one V- position the holes 97 will register with the 10 seats for the straight party vote, and the holes 97 Will not register with the seats to which they rtain; and on a reverse ymovement, the ho es 97 Will be brought to re ister with their seats, While the holes 97 will be brought out of register With their seats.

In Figs. I and IV means are shown for actuating the total revolution-counter a5, the

Sallie consisting in a block 117 sliding on a guide 20, and connected with said counter by an arm 118 and aconnecting rod 119; the block 117 being arranged between' the parts 120 and 121 of the eccentric strap z andbeing so proportioned that when the eccentric strap moves in one andmthe other direction it 'moves the block 117 fully to and fro to actuate the counter a5 and register a number.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is 1. A vote-registering machine comprising a plurality of registeringmechanisms arranged in a single plane; a slideway extending at right angles to said plane; a-ballotcarrier to slide in said slideway; a ballotmember to seat in said carrier; and tappets carriedvby said ballot-member t0 act-uate the registering-1nechamsms respectively.

The combination of the case furnished with a ballot-melnber-receiving slot; a plurality of registering-mechanisms arranged in a plane which extends parallel with the slot; a slideway extending a-tright angles to said plane and slot; a ballot-carrier to slide in. said slideway across beneath the slot and toward and from said registering-mechanisms; a ballot-member to fit in said carrier; and tappets for said ballot-member to actue ate the registering-mechanisms.

3. A vote-registering machine comprising independent registering-mechanisms furnished with operating-devices respectively;

a detachedv ballot-member; tappets' for said.

ballot-member 'to be carried thereby to. registerivith the registering-mechanism oper- -1 ating-devices; means for causing the tappets to operatively engagel their respective mechanism-operating devices; and means for displacing'the tappets from their operative positions.

4. A vote-registering machinecomprising independent registering mechanisms,l furnished With operating-devices, respectively; a ballot -member furnished with tappetseats; tappets for said tappet-seats to register with the registering-mechanism operating-devices; means forcausingthe tappe'ts to operatively engage their respective registeringmechanism operatingdevices; and positive means for ejecting the tappets from the ta ppet-seats.

The combination of a vote-registering pet-seat; a tappet for said tappet-seat;l

means for causing an engagement between the tappet and the registering-mechanism operating-device to operate the registeringmechanism; and operative means for displacing the tappet.

7. In a vote-registering machine, the combination of a registeringmechanism; a bal-4 lot-member furnished with a tappet-sea-t; a

tappet for said seat for operating the vregistering-mechanism; means for producing 4a relativel movement between the ballot-memberand the registering-mechanism to cause said' mechanism to be operated by the talppet; and operative means for ejecting t tappet from its seat in the ballot-member.

8. In a vote-registering machine, the combination of a registering-mechanism; a ballot-member furnished with a tappeE-seat; a. tappet for said seat for operating the registering-mechanism; means for producing a relative movement between the ballot-member and the registering-mechanism to cause said mechanism to be operated by theta pet; and operative means for displacing the vta-ppet.

9. In a vote-registering machine, the com-f bination of a registering-mechanism; a ballot-member furnished Witha tappet-seat; a tappet for lsaid seat for operating the registering-mechanism a. tappet-ejector stationed in line with the tappet; means for reciprocating the ballot-member between the ejector and the registering-mechanism to first cause said mechanismv to be operated by the tappet, and then to cause the tappet to encrage `the ejector and thereby to be ejected' ballot-member.

10. In a vote-registering machine, the combination of a registering-mechanism; a ballot-member furnished With a tappet-seat; a -v tappet for said seat for operating the registering-mechanism; a tappet-displacer; means for reciprocating the ballot-member between the displacer and the registering- .mechanism to first cause said4 mechanism to be operated by the tappet, and then to cause the tappet to engzg'e the displacer and thereby to be displace iso 11. A vote-registering machine comprising registering-mechanisms, respectively provided with an Aoperating-device; a retractor for the registering-mechanism operating devices to return said devices to normal position, each of said devices being arranged to carry the retractor toward the registering-mechanisms when said device is moved to operate its mechanism; a ballotmember furnished with tappet-seats; tappets for said seats to be brought into line respectively With the mechanism-operating devices; tappet-ejectors for said tappets, respectively; means for reciprocating the ballot-member to move it toward the registering-devices to bring the tappets into engagement with the registering-mechanism operating-devices respeetivgly, and on the reverse movement to bring the tappets into engagement With the ejectors respectively to discharge the tappets from their seats in the ballot-member. A

12. A vote-registering machine comprising registering-inechanisms 'respectively provided With an operating-device; a retractor for the registering-mechanism operating-devices to return said devices to normal position, each of said devices being arranged to carry the retractor toward the registering-mechanisms when said device is moved to operate its mechanism; a ballotmember furnished with tappet-seats'; tappets for said seats to be brought into line respectively with the mechanism-operating devices; tappet-displacers for said tappets, respectively; means for reciprocating the ballot-member to move it toward the registering-devices to bring the tappets into engagement with the registering-mechanism operating-devices respectively; and on the reverse movement tov bring thetappets into engagement with the displaceis respectively to displace the tappets.

13. A vote-registering machine comprising 'registering-mechanisms respectively provi-ded with an operating device; a retractor for the registering-mechanisni operating-devices to return said devices to normal position, each ot' said devices being adapted and arranged to carry the retractor toward the registering-mechanisms when said device is moved to operate its mechanism; a ballot-member; tappets for said ballot-member, to be brought into line respectively with the mechanisin-registering devices; tappet-displacers for said tappets respectively; means :for reciprocating the balllot-member to move it toward the registering-devices to bring the tappets into engagement with the registering-mechanism operating-devices respectively, and on the reverse movement to bring the tappets into engagement with the tappet--displacers respectively to displace the iappcts from their operative positions in the ballot-member; and means for returning the retractor at the return device is moved to operate its mechanism; av

ballot-member; tappets for said ballot-meinber to be brought into line respectively with the mechanism-registering devices; tappetdisplacers for said tappets respectively; a

seat for said ballot-member; means for moving the seat toward and from the registering-devices to bring the tappets into engagement with the registering-meclianism operating-devices respectively at one movement, and on the reverse movement to bring the tappets into engagement with the displacers respectively to displacethe tappets from their operative positions inthe ballot-ineinber; and means operated by the carrier to return the retractor at the return movement. of the carrier.

15. A. vote-registering machine comprising a ballot-carrier; registering mechanisms respectively provided With an operating device; a retractor for the registeri11g-mechanism operating-devices to return said devices to normal position, each of said devices being adapted and arranged to carry the retractor toward the registering-mechanisms when said device is moved to operate its mechanism; means for normally locking the retractor in its retracted position, and adapted and arranged to be unlocked at the advance movement of the ballot-carrier; a ballot-member; tappets for said ballot-member to be brought into line respectively with the mechamsm-operating devices when the 'ballot-member is in said carrier; tappetdisplacers for said tappets respectively; means for reciprocating said carrier to move the ballot-member to yard the registeringdevices to unlock the lock of the retractor and to bring the tappets into engagement with the registeriiig-mechanism operatingdevices respectively,v and on the reverse movement to bring the tappets into engagement with the tappet-displacers respectively, to displace the tappetsfrom their operative positions in the ballot-member; and means operated by said carrier to return the retractor at the return movement ot said carrier.

16. In a vote-registering machine, the combination of independent registeringmechanisms; a ballot-member carrier arranged to move toward and from said mechanism; a ballot-member arranged to be inserted in said carrier; tap ets for said ballot-member to register Wit i the registeringmechanism operating-devices; a cam-frame connected with the ballot-member seat; a cam-shaft arranged with its ca1ns`to operate `the cani-frame, and means for rotating the shaft.

17.1In a vote-registering machine, the Acombination of independent registering-- operative position at the return movement of the ballot-member.

1S..In a noting-machine, the combination of acase furnished inthe top Wit-h a ballotreceiving slot; a ballot-carrier; ballot-displacers behind saidy carrier; registeringmechanisms 1n front of the carrier; a retractor for retracting the operating-devices of such mechanisms; means on the registering-mechanism operating-devices for respectively throwing the retractor forward and to be drawn back by said retractor; means l for reciprocating the ballot-carrier across beneath said slot; a ballot-member to slide into said carrier through said slot; tappets #for said ballot-member to actuate the re isturnin tering-mechanism operating devices W en the ballot-member is thrown forward, and to engage and be displaced by the tappetdisplacer's when 'the ballot-member is fully retracted; and a catch connected with the retractor and adapted to be retracted by said carrierivhen the same is retracted 19. In a vote-registering machine, the

combination of ai ballot-carrier; a cam-frame' connected with said carrier; a shaft furnished with cams Working in said frame;

means for turning the shaft in one direction;

and 'means for preventing the shaft from 1n the other direction. 20. ny la vote-reglstering machine, Athe combinil'tiOn 0f a case furnished with a slot;

a ballot-carrier' beneath said slot; a perforated ballot-member: tappets for the perforations of said ballot-member to operate,Y the registerii'ig-mechanisms of the Inaifhine;

said registclung-mechanisms on one/side of the slot; tappet-ejectors on the other side of the slot; and means for operating the carrier toirst bring the tappets into engagement with the mechanism-operatingdevices and to insert the ejectors into the perforations after the ballot-member has passed the slotv on its return movement.

21. A vote-registering machine furnished 'with' registering-mechanisms; an exhibitingballot vfurnished with slits to correspond with the sight-openings of the registers andl with spaces to receive the names of the candidates; a detached ballot-member marked to correspond with the names of the candidates respectively and with tappeti-seats, one' for each of said names, the names on the ballot-member and on the exhibiting-ballot corresponding in*relative position With each other; tappets for the tappet-seats; and means for operating the ballot to cause the tappets to operate the registering-mechanisms.

22. A vote-registering machine comprising ballot-registering mechanisms; a ballot-registering-mechanism-retractor through Which the voperating-devices of the ballotregistering mechanism extend; projections von said operating-devices to advancethe retractor and to be-retracted bythe retractor; a total vote-registering mechanism, the operating-device of which is fastened to the retractor to 'move therewith; a ballot-carrier to move toward and from the registeringmechanism operating-devices a ballot-niember to be carried by said carrier; tappets for said ballot-member to actuate the registering-mechanism operating-devices and means for retracting the retractor att-he return of the ca-rrier.

23. A vote-registering machine comprisy ing an independent detached ballot-member; 95

adjustabley members constructed to be arranged lthereon to indicate the desired ballot; and a plurality of independent and separate registers to `be operated lby said ballot member and arranged to register the vote so indicated. y f

24. A voting machine comprising a plurality of separate and independent registers,'a mechanical ballot-having members for v actuating said registers, and means for moving the ballot toward and from said registers.

25. A voting-machine comprising an independent and detached mechanical ballot,

a case having an opening therein for said ballot, counters at. one side of the opening, devices at the other side of theopening for .displacing operative. parts of the ballot, a

carrier arranged to Amove the ballot past the opening in one direction to actuate the coun-l ters, and in the other direction to displace yoperative parts;VY and means for operating said carrier.

26. A' voting-machine comprising a case having an opening therein, counters at one .120' side of the opening and at a distance therefrom, a ballot-carrier, means for moving the ballot-carrier to and fro past theopening, 'a

ldetached mechanical ballot adapted to be carried by said carrier and to operate said counters, and a ballot-'disengaged latch for normal-ly holding the carrier retracted.

27. A voting-machine comprising a detached mechanical ballot,a case havin an opening therein, counters at one side o the opening and at a distance therefrom, a ballot-carrier, means for moving the ballot-carrier toward and from vthe counters. means for normally holding said carrier retracted, and a mechanical ballot adapted and arranged to enter said carrier and to release.

said last-named means when seated in the carrier.

28. In a voting-machine, the combination of a ballot-carrier, means for moving the same, means for holding the carrier in a determined position,.and a ballot constructed to enter the carrier, and to thereupon release said means.

29. In a voting-machine, the combination of a fraaie, a ballot-carrier moving in the frame, a pivoted latch'to lock the frame and carrier together when the carrier is in a determined position, and a ballot constructed to enter said carrier and to release said latch.

30. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame, a ballot-carrier, means for `moving the ballot-carrier, a latch pivoted to the laillot-carrier and arranged to lock the carrier to the frame in a determined position and provided with an arm, and a mechanical ballot constructedto enter the carrier,

and to actuate said arm to release the latch.

3l. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame; a catch on th'e frame; a ballotcarrier; a mechanical ballot for said carrier; a latch pivoted to the carrier and. having an arm extending into the way of the ballot, and an'other arm resting against the carrier to hold the latch in position for engaging the catch. Y

32. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame; counters; means for operating the counters; an appliance for retracting said means; a ballot-carrier, and means oper# ated by said ballot-carrier to retract said appliance when the ballot-carrier is retracted and to release said appliance when the ballotcarrier is advanced toward said counters.

In a voting-machine, the combination of a case having] an opening to receive a ballot and an extension at the sides ot said opening; a laillot-carrier inside the case; a mechanical ballot; and an automatic flap to close said opening at the insertion of the ballot.

Ell. A voting-machine comprising a case having an opening, a lnillot-carrier inside the case. means for moving the ballot-carrier to and iro beneath the opening, a mechanical ballot for said carrier, an external Hap for closing the opening above the ballot. and an internal tlap for closing the space between the ballot and one side` of the opening at a return movement ot the ballot.

35. In a voting-machine. the combimlt'ion of a case having an opening notched at the edge, a lmllot-carrier. means` for moving the lnillot-carrier to and fro beneaththe opening, a mechanical ballot for said carrier, and

means for closing said notches, and adapted and arranged to allow the ballot to pass once in one and the other direction and to engage the ballot to prevent the removal of the ballot until the same has been fully retracted.

3G, In a voting-machine, the combination of a case having an opening to receive a ballot; counters at one side of the opening; a mechanical ballot having tappets on one side to actuate said counters; and a flap between the opening and the counters to close the opening behind said tappets.

37. A voting-machine comprising a detached mechanical ballot, a case having an opening, a ballot-carrier for receiving the ballot through such opening and moving the same to and fro past said opening, an automatic catch to catch the ballot-member when retracted and adapted and arranged to be released only by the withdrawal ot' the ballot., and means for yieldingly holding said catch normally out of the way through which the ballot is inserted into the carrier.

38. A voting-machine comprising means for actuating'counters; a separate and independent mechanical ballot for operating said counters; a carrier for moving said ballot into and out of position for operating said counters; and an adpistable catch to catch said ballot on'its return movement to pre* 95 vent a second revolution of the machine until the ballot has been removed.

39. A voting-machine comprising a detached mechanical ballot, a case having an opening, a ballot-carrier for moving the ballot to and fro beneath said opening, a catchcarrier. a catch mounted on said catch-carrier and arranged to catch the ballot-member when retracted, Gravity-operated means for yieldingly holding said catch-carrier retracted and said catch normally out of the way through which the ballot is inserted into the carrier.

40. A voting-machine comprising a detached mechanical ballot, a case having an opening, a ballot-carrier for receiving the ballot through such opening and moving the same to and fro beneath said opening, an automatic catch to catch the ballot-member when retracted, and means for yieldingly holding said catch normally out of the Way through which the ballot is inserted into the carrier.

l1. A. voting-machine comprising a de-l tached mechanical ballot, a case having an opening. a ballot-carrier for receiving the ballot through such opening and moving the same to and tro past said opening, an automatic movable catch adapted and arranged to catch the ballot-member when retracted and to move forward with the ballot and to stop the ballot in position to be withdrawn through said opening, means for engaging said catch to prevent its witlulrawal from the ballot, said catch and ballot being construeted and arranged to allow the ballot to be uitlulrawn through the opening While the catch is i-n engagement with theballot, and means for returning "the catch andKnormally yieldingly holding it out 4of the way through .which the ballot is inserted into the carrier.

4'2. A voting-machine comprising a de tached mechanical ballot, a case'having an opening, a ballot-carrier for receiving the ballot 'through such openin and moving the same to and fro past said opening, an automatic catch having a limiter1 movement in the direction of the carrier ano arranged to engage thc ballot when the same is retracted past th. openingand to stop-the ballot at the opening on return movement, and

to allow the ballot to bel removed through4 the opening, and means adapted and ar' ranged to prevent the catch from being moved to release it from the ballot when the ballot is in position to be withdrawn from the opening.

43. A voting-machine comprising a case having an opening to receive a ballot, counof a mechanical ballot furnished with side.

projections, a carrier to receive said ballot and furnished at its sides With notches, nd spring catches arranged to pass through said notches and to catch on said projections, respectively.

45. In a voting-machine, the combination of a case having an opening, a ballot-carrier moving to and fro beneath the opening, a mechanical ballot having movableI means for actuating counters, and means adapted andv arranged to allow the ballot to pass once in one and the other direction and to engage the ballot to prevent the removal thereof until said means `for actuating the counters have been displaced.

4G. In a voting-machine, a case, counters in said case, a detached ballot having mov i able means for actuating the counters, a carrier for moving the ballot toward and from said counters, means for displacing then,

counter-actuating means When the carrier is retracted, and means for preventing the Withdrawal of the ballot from the carrier until the counter-actuating means have been displaced.

47. A voting-machine comprising a mechanical ballot, .a case having an opening therein for the ballot, counters at one side of the opening, movable means on the ballot for actuating the counters, means on the v'other side of the opening for displacing such l`movable means, atlap between the opening and the counters to swing in one and the other direction, a ballot-carrier to move the ballot from the opening to the counters and return to the opposite side of the opening for the displacing of said mov-mv able means, said flap being adapted and arranged to rest on the ballot at its return until the ballot is engaged by said displacing means.

48. A voting-machine comprising a case having an opening therein, counters lon one side of the opening, a detached mechanical ballot having seats for tappets, Atappets in*A said seats to operate the counters, means on the opposite'side of the opening to displace the tappets, a carrier for moving the ballot from the opening to the counters'for o rating the same and back past .the opening to insert the displacers in the seats to disp ce the tappets, and a flap arranged between the openingv and the counters to rest upon the ballot at its return until the displacers have entered'the seats in theballot.

49. A voting-machineV comprising a case having an opening therein, counters on one side of the opening, a detached mechanical ballot furnished with movable tappets for actuating the counters, ,means on the otherside of said opening for displacing said tappets, a carrier to move the ballot from the opening'to the counters for actuating the same and back to the displacers for displacing the tappets, a flap arranged to rest upon the ballot at its return movement until the ballot engages the displacers, and an automatic lock to lock the ballot against a return beyond the flap after it has passed behind the same.

50. A voting-machine comprising a de-g llo tached mechanical ballot having projecting tappets anda case having counters to be actuated by said tappets, and also havin an opening with notches at one edge to a low thev ballot and said tappets to be inserted, and a flap closing the opening :from the notched side.

51. 1A voting-machine comprisingcounters for registeringthe votes, means for actuating said counters, a counter for registering i the total number of votes cast, means for operating said counter, and a counter for registering the tota-l number of times the machine is operated, and an independent de- -l tached membercarrying said counter actuating and operating means.

52. A votingmachme comprising counters for registering votes, means for actuating said counters, a member adapted and ar ranged to be moved at each actuation df said counters, or any of them, another coun ter adapted and' arranged to be4 actuated at concealed counter adapted and arranged to be actuated at each revolution of the machine, and a ballot member adapted toactuate said counters.

54. A 'ballot-machine furnished with a ballot-carrier, means for operating the carrier, an adjustable part for locking the same, and a plurality the bolt of one of said locks being adapted to lock` said part in its locking position and the bolts of each successive lock being adapted to lock the bolt of the preceding lock in locking position.

55. In a voting-machine, a ballot-carrer, means for operating said carrier, a movable part for locking the same, and a plurality of locks arranged in tandem, one of said locks being adapted to lock said part, and each other lock adapted to lock its preceding lock.

5G. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame, a detached mechanical ballot, means for moving said ballot to and fro in the frame, a part moving on said l'frame to lock said means, and a pivoted lever adapted to move said partffor locking said means.

5T. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame, a detached ballot, means for moving said ballot to and fro in the frame, a part moving on saidl frame to' lock said means, a pivoted lever adapted to move said part for locking said means, and means for locking said lever.

58. In a voting-machine, the combination of a frame, a ballot-carrier mounted in said frame, an eccentric cam, a' shaft for'operating said cam, and means for connecting said cam with the carrier for operating the same.

59. YIn a voting-machine, the combination of a frame, a ballot-carrier mounted in said frame, an eccentric cam, a Vshaft for operating said cam, a crank for rotating said shaft,

and an automatic stop for stopping said shaft at each complete revolution. 60. A` voting-machine having a ballotcarrier, counters, a mechanical ballot having members to operate the counters and reciprocating means for moving the ballot toward and from the counters. Y

6l. A voting machine comprising a detached ballot, a case having an opening for said ballot, means in the case for movingthe ballot forward and backward beneath said opening, and a catch adapted and arranged to catch the ballot at its backward movement to prevent its return forward, said catch of locks arranged in tandem,

being arranged to allow the ballot to be drawn upward through the opening.

62. In a voting machine, a detached ballot, acase having an opening for said ballot,

, registering mechanism in the case, means for moving theballot toward and fromsaid mechanism and a iiap in thepath of the ballot between said opening and mechanism.,

63. A voting machine having a detached ballot, a case provided with an opening for said ballot., registeringmechanism, means for moving the ballot from said opening toward such mechanism and back, and a flap hinged to the case and adapted and arranged to be engaged by the ballot on its return and thereby lifted to close the opening in front of the ballot.

G4. The combination of a detached ballot, a case having an opening for said ballot, movable'tappets on the ballot, registeringmechanism at one side of said opening, means for displacing the tappets at the other side of the opening, means for moving the ballot from the -opening toward the registering-mechanism and return, and backward beyond the opening for the purpose of displacing the tappets, and a flap arranged to be drawn back by the ballot on its return movement to close the opening in front of the ballot until the tappets havebeen displaced.

(35. A voting machine comprising a detached ballot, a case having an opening provided with an upward side extension and an automatic flap or door for. automatically inserted.

6G. A vot-ing machine comprising a frame, counters in said frame, a ticket in front of said counters, means for operating the counters, a [case open at bottoni and front and provided with a door in front of said ticket, and meansl for sealing the case 011 theY frame.

G7. A voting machine having a frame, counters in the fra1ne,means for actuating the counters and a case sealed on said frame.

'(38. A voting machine having a frame, counters .in the frame, a plate sealed to the frame in front of the counters, and a case sealed to the frame and having a door in front of' said plate.

G9. A voting machine having a frame and furnished with counters, means for operating said counters, and a slotted plate sealed to the ,frange in front of theieounters and furnished with a ticket to correspond with the counters.

70. A voting machine having a frame i.

which carries counters, a removable .ca'se' having a seal-seat, a screw seated iu.saidseat and screwed into the frame, anda seal. v.-

in saidseat over said screw.

7l, An independentand detached mechan,- ical ballot comprisingme'ans :toractuatmg` 13.0 n.:

' and counters arranged to be actuated by said.

Counters, a member having seats for said j counters arranged to be actuated by said acmeans arranged in rows which cross each l tuating means.

75.. A mechanical ballot comprising means l othei-,vthe rows which'run in one direction being devoted `to the character ot vote to be voted, and the rows which run in the other direction being devoted to the individualA candidates or items to be` voted for, adjust able closers for closing all of the seats exeepting any seat or seats which the votei may be entitledv tousein" casting his vote actuating means.

j h 72. An independent and detached mechanical ballot comprising means for actuating'v counters, a member having seats for said means `arranged in rows which cross each other, the rows which run in onedirecti'on being devoted'to the cliaractei of vote vto be voted, and the rows which run in the other direction being devoted to individual candidates or items to be voted for; adjustable closers arranged in series for respectively closing all the seats inthe rows of the individual candidates or items, excepting any seats Pin said rows respectively which the voter may be entitled to vote; closers for the rows devoted to the character of votes to be voted, arranged for closing all of-the seats 'excepting any "seat or seats which the `voter ma be entitled to use in casting his vote an( counters arranged to be actuated by said actuating means. v

73. An independent and detached mechan- .ical ballot comprising means for actuatingl counters, a 'member having seats for said means arranged in rows whichcro'ss each other, the rows which run in one direction being devoted to the character of vote to be lvoted and the rows which run in the other direction bein vdevoted to the individual candidates oriteins to be voted for, closers for said last named rows mounted to 'movel `along said rows; each of lsaid rows being provided with a sufiicient number of closers to close all of the seats of said rows except cross each other, the rows which run in one' direction bei-ng devoted to the character of vote to be voted, and the rows which run in the other direction being devoted to the'individual candidates or items to bevoted for,

one of saidflast named rows being devoted to straight party votes; adjustable meansfr simultaneously closing all of the seats of the last named row and withdrawing from all of the other seats when in one position, and withdrawing from all of .the seats of` said straight party row and closing all of the other seats 'when in another position 'and .j

for actuating counters, a member having a row of seats for said means, closers fori said seats mounted and arranged vto move along said row and to simultaneously close all of the seats, excepting any seat or vseats which the voter maybe entitled to use in voting andcounters arranged to be actuated by said actuating means. A

7 6. A mechanical ballot comprising means for actuating counters, a .member having seats for said' means arranged in a row, an

.adjustable closer having holes' some of 'which, when the closer is in one position register respectively with some of said seats,

while the closer closes other of said seats and the other holes being so arranged that 'they register with the first named seat when the closer is in a position wherein the first means adapted and arranged to simultaneously close all of said seats except those in one row, when in one position, and to close only the seats of said one row, when in the other4 position and counters arranged to be actuated by said actuating means.

78. In a voting machine, aldetached and independent mechanical ballot, comprising means for actuating counters, a member have ing seats for said means arranged in cross rows; slotsk extending` along the rows vrespectively, which run in one directiomclosers for said seats arranged to run along said slots and respectively, arranged with extensions to cover said seats when in a determined position, excepting the seat orse/ats which the voter maybe entitled to use in casting his vote and counters arranged -to be actuated by'said .actuating means.

79. In a voting-machine, a detached and independent mechanicalL ballot comprising meansfor actuating counters, a member having seats for said means arranged in cross rows, slot-s extending along the rows which `stops to hold the closers of onesor .more of' saidrows inclosing position, and to release the remaining vclosers when said member is in: onefpositionfand to hold said last named determined number of said seats, adjustable i iio izo

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